Garment hanger



Aug. 11, 1953 w. F. HELWIG 2,648,471

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 13 1951 INVENTOR William F. Hal W117 ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 11, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGERWilliam F. Helwig, Milwaukee, Wis. Application February 13, 1951, SerialNo. 210,739

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to the ofiicial class of garment hangers and thisapplication is a continuation-in-part of application Serial No. 49,470,filed September 16, 1948, which resulted in U. S. Patent No. 2,543,108,dated February 27, 1951.

One of the objects of this invention resides in the provision of atrouser hanger adapted to tightly grip the cuff or ends of a pair oftrousers by jaws formed on crossed arms pivoted together at their upperends and forced in opposite directions by a wire spring to close thejaws thereon.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a trouserhanger formed of cross arms pivotally connected together at their upperends and provided with trouser gripping jaws adapted to be drawntogether by a retractile coil spring.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particularconstruction of the crossed arms and trouser gripping jaws.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of elements to behereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification,illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appendedclaim and, although this disclosure depicts my present conception of theinvention the right is reserved to resort to such departures therefromas come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the trouser hanger.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a modified form of the trouser hanger.

In the present embodiment of this invention, the letter A designates atrouser hanger formed of metal or other suitable material and consistsof elongated handles 6 preferably of channel configuration in crosssection which merge at their lower ends into flat cross members Iprovided with substantially vertical arms 8 supporting laterallyextending trouser gripping jaws 9 having longitudinally extendingdepressions H] in their opposed inner surfaces. Said jaws are providedwith pads l l formed of felt or other suitable material of a shapesimilar to that of the inner surface of the same.

The upper ends of the handles are pivotally connected by a suitable linkl2 extending therethrough and also retaining a wire spring [3 within thehandles with their free ends extending downwardly toward the angularfiat cross members 1 thereof. Said cross members are strengthened byribs I4 or the like projectin from their outer surfaces.

Connected to the upper or looped end of the link is the shank l5 of ahook l6 by which the trouser is suspended from a rod or other suitablesupport.

In that form of the trouser hanger shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, aretractile coil spring S is substituted for the aforesaid wire springand is disposed below the aforesaid crossed members with its oppositeend connected to lugs L stamped above the jaws to draw them toward oneanother and thereby tightly grip the cuffs of trousers placedtherebetween. Said jaws may be constructed to either grip the fulllength of the trouser cuffs or suspend them as set forth in my companionapplication filed February 13, 1951, Serial No. 210,740.

Through the instrumentality of the aforesaid structures, trouser cuffsdisposed between the jaws are easily released by pressing the handlesthereof toward one another and, upon being released by the hands, thejaws will readily move in clamping position.

With this invention fully set forth, it is apparent a trouser hanger isprovided which is cheap of manufacture and easily opened and closed byone hand of an individual.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

A trouser hanger comprising opposed channelshaped handles having theirlower portions reduced in thickness and crossed, a link pivotallyconnecting the handles at their upper ends, an inverted V-shapedresilient wire having its looped portion overlying the lower innerportion of said link with its arms bearing against the inner surface ofthe channel shaped handles and ends terminating adjacent the reducedlower portions thereof, a hook pivotally connected to the link,laterally extending jaws carried by the reduced lower ends of thehandles in opposed relation to one another, reinforcing ribs formed onthe jaws, and ribs formed on the outer surfaces of the crossed portionsof the handles and extending throughout their contacting areas.

WILLIAM F. HELWIG.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 621,019 Bernhard Mar. 14, 1899 1,291,242 Sutherland Jan. 14,1919 1,521,903 Mueller Jan. 6, 1925

